Changes in life.

Not much ever changes in my life as I am sure is the case for most of us. We get up, go to work, come home, spend time with the family, go to bed and then do it again tomorrow. Right now I am in one of the biggest changes I have experienced for awhile. Recently my wife and I were informed by our landlord that he was no longer renting and we needed to move. We could stay until our lease runs out on July 31st, but if we could move sooner that would be great. Before this I had no intention of moving, I like house we are in and it is a good price, but now we had no choice. On the plus side it really forced to weigh our options, our credit sucks so we knew purchasing outright was out of the question. We started looking at rental properties, not wanting to pay more than we currently were. Unfortunately, everything we found that was similar to what we have now is a lot more expensive. So now we are looking at spending $100-150 more than we are currently.

My wife's friend had been mentioning to us this townhouse her in-laws owned. She had been saying something for months, but we dismissed it because we weren't planning on moving and it was more expensive. Since we now had to move, and it isn't more than what we were finding, we gave it a look. We fell in love. Perfect size for both of us plus some extra room. Nice patio, 1 car garage, 1 3/4 baths, laundry, and plenty of storage. Plus all hardwood floors upstairs, and newer carpet down. Couldn't ask for much more, plus the association we are now part of has a full park 1 block away for my nephews, access to tennis courts and basketball courts. It's also a nice quiet area away from the normal hustle and bustle of town as well. My favorite part is that for only $70 per year we have unlimited access to a pool with live lifeguard.

So thanks to my current landlord we were forced into a better place, better situation. Now comes the best part. I mentioned are credit sucking so we couldn't buy outright. Our new landlord is wanting to sell this place and will to do rent-to-own. We will be renting for awhile trying to clean up our credit in the hope to buy the house out right, but in case that doesn't work out we are going to do rent-to-own. With our credit and her health issues racking up the bills some months, I never thought owning a home would be possible. Til now. I am tired of moving and hate to do it, but am so excited for this change. A nice house, nice amenities, nice neighborhood, and it will someday be mine. Not just something I live in by the rules of someone else, but mine, all mine. Grant it, on the outside, I still have to go by the associations rules, but that is still more freendom than I have ever had with a home. Only time will tell if this is the house I live in forever, in fact I doubt it will be, but am looking forward to living here for many years. For now I am going to enjoy this place as much as I have enjoyed any place I have ever lived.

I also have room to entertain and room for out-of-towners to stay, so anyone wanting to stop by and hang out just let me know.